“Many members of the Hydrozoa go through a body change from a polyp to an adult form called a medusa. However, all Hydra, despite being hydrozoans, remain as polyps throughout their lives.” – wikipedia. Ahh… i see what you did there

Yay! Modest Medusa wins by being ahead by 20 votes. I’d like to think I had some small part in bribing that. =D
I know nothing about Cucumber Quest, nor how big they are, since I thought SMBC, for example would last much longer, and also though Nedroid Picture Diary would be bigger, so clearly, I know nothing as to popularity.
I am going to blame it on those damn kids. “Quit skateboarding on my lawn!”

Thanks, but we don’t know for sure yet. Bought votes aren’t counted till afterwards, and the results won’t be posted till Monday. Someone on the other side could have spent $5 nd won it for Bittersweet Candy Bowl (which would be okay).

I think the contest is less about popularity and more about encouraging readers to vote. I doubt SMBC cared a lot, since their readership is already huge. They may not have even been aware of it. In this last match Modest Medusa/Bittersweet Candy Bowl had more votes than any other match, and in a lot of cases had 1/3 more or almost twice as many. We’;re for sure not the two most popular comics online!

If they only spent, $5 then we still win (as I spent more)! Yeah, we’ll see though. I just really want to encourage your readership to grow.
The way I see it, the more readers, the more you an focus on the comic, and probably the more stuff I will want.

Another example is Two Kinds. I doubt the author knew or cared since there was no active campaigning on the web site. Otherwise I’m sure that strip would have lasted longer. You can’t tell me a strip that raised over $200K in its kickerstarter couldn’t get to the finale 4 at least.

MM on the other hand(like BCB) has actively asked readers to keep voting. If MM wins this round its because Jake went the extra mile and even posted a picture(a bribe?) of MM asking for votes. BCB only asked for votes in the site news section in comparison.